The Indian men’s national football team has climbed up to the 100th rank on FIFA’s latest world rankings. The Indian team has surpassed teams like Lebanon and Newzealand to achieve the feat. This is after five years that the Indian men’s football team entered the top 100 club after slipping away from the 96th position in 2018.
The Indian men’s football team reached the 100th rank with a total points of 1204.90. This is the fourth best ranking achieved by the Indian men’s football team in the history. The team’s rank came up to 94th rank in 1996, 99 in 1993 and 96th rank in 2017 to 2018.
Lionel Messi’s Argentina on top
If we talk about the table toppers, FIFA 2022 champions Argentina is on top with and the runners up France is on second position. Brazil, England, and Belgium are the next three teams on the list. On number 6th is Croatia, then Netherlands, Italy on 8th and the last two spots in top 10 are with Portugal and Spain.
Pakistan is ranked at 201, among some last teams of the FIFA rankings. Other South Asian football teams are also way below than India like Sri Lanka is ranked 207, Bangladesh at 192 and Nepal at 175.
India vs Lebanon in SAFF semi-finals
The upgrade in FIFA rankings will come as moral boost for India before the crucial semi-finals of South Asia Football Federation on 1 July. India will be going against Lebanon which is ranked 102 in the FIFA world rankings.
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Updated: 29 Jun 2023, 04:45 PM IST
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